Gas-heater.



G.. A. WISE.

GAS HEATER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.29. 1908.

1,094,287. Q I Patented Apr. 21,1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,\VASH1NGTON, 11c

G. A. WISE.

GAS HEATER. APBLIGATION FILED APR.29, L908. 1,094,287. Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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GEORGE ALBERT NISE, OF NEW'ARK, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE EARLY SUN STOVE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GAS-HEATER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE A. VVIsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State This invention relates toheating stoves and particularly to heating stoves using gas as fuel and the general object of the invention is to improve the construction of this class of heaters with a view to economy in fuel, and increase of heating capacity.

With this object in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts of a heater of this class, all as hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically. claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view, showing the pipe damper adjusted to position to prevent communication between the interior of the stove and the chimney. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the base of the stove showing the fireplace and the baskets or fire-pots in position. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing one of the baskets or fire-pots on enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a top plan view ofthe same. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on the same plane as that of Fig. 2, the pipe damper being shown open to afford communication between the stove and the chimney. Fig. 8 is a view of the fireplace with the front removed, showing one form of burner therein.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The base 1 has a depending pit 2 and supporting legs 3. On the base is arranged a fireplace 4 provided with a suitable door 5, and having openings which may be covered with mica or other analogous material to give the heater an ornamental as well as a brilliant appearance from the exterior. The stove body resting on the base 1 is essentially composed of a front 6 and a back 7 which are suitably secured, the upper extremities of the front and back being spherically shaped to provide a top dome 8. Within the fireplace, baskets or fire-pots 9 are mounted and shown in detail by Figs. 5 and 6, these baskets or fire-pots having fune- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1968.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 429,887.

tions well understood. The front 6 of the heater is projected at its lower extremity forwardly over the base, as at 10, and the back 7 is likewise projected a short distance rearwardly as at 11. Between the dome 8 and the lower extremities of the front and back, which are projected, as just explained, the heater is transversely reduced, the front at this point being greater in depth than the back from the rear terminal edges of the front to the rear of the back.

WVithin the heater above the fireplace is a partition 12 having its lower extremity projected forwardly, as at 13, and secured to the 16 being thus formed by the partition 12.

It will be obvious that the upper extremity of this partition terminates about midway of the vertical extent of the dome 8, and further, that the lower extremity 13 serves as a closure for the chamber 16, and the heat currents are caused to ascend in rear of this partition, and pass upwardly into the dome 8, and forwardly and downwardly into the chamber 16. This chamber 16 has an outlet adjacent to the front terminal of the lower extremity 13, as at 17, consisting of an elongated opening or a plurality of openings controlled-as to open and closed condition by a slide damper 18 having a rod or analogous device 19 secured thereto, and extending out to one end of the heater.

The back 7 immediately in rear of the partition 12, by reason of the transverse reduction at this point, forms a contracted flue for the ascent of the heat currents from the fireplace, and communicating with this contracted portion of the back 7 is a collar 20 into which is fitted the lower end of an elbow 21. This elbow 21 has a rear ventilating opening 22, the lower portion of said elbow adjacent to this ventilating opening depending, as at 23, to give an upward deflection to gases or fumes passing into the elbow through the said opening. The elbow is vertically divided by a partition 24 extending through the center thereof so that the gases or fumes entering the elbow through the opening22 will not pass into the heater. A. suitable flue or pipe is fitted over the upper end 25 of the elbow and may eX- tend off any distance from the heater. At the top of the elbow 21 are shown semi-circular bearings to receive the stem or shaft 30 of a semi-circular damper 31, said shaft resting at the top of the partition 24 and in line therewith, and the damper being of a proper size to close the front compartment 1 of the elbow, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, or to leave it open as shown in Fig. 7.

The gaseous fuel may be permitted to enter the fire place in any usual manner, for instance through pipes 35 to any ordinary form of burner 86, as shown in Fig. 8.

The operation of the stove may be briefly described as follows: The burners having been lighted, the damper 18 is closed, and the products of combustion flow freely from the fire place 4 through the elbow 21 to the chimney, the damper 31 being adjusted to the position of Fig. 7 Gases in the room at the rear of the stove will in the meantime be carried off to the chimney while the damper is in the position of Fig. 7 By closing the damper 31 over the front compartment of the elbow, as shown in Fig. 2, and opening the damper 18, the products of combustion will pass up the rear compartmentof the stove, forward through the dome 8, over the top of the partition 12, downward in the front compartment 16 and out through the openings 17 into the room.v As a result of this circulation of the products of combustion through both chambers or compartments of the stove, and the dome 8, the dome becomes highly heated as well as all of the outer walls of the stove, thus radiating a large quantity of the heat into the room, while the heated products of combustion discharged through the openings 17 will also be diffused through the room.

It will be seen that the heater is not only effective as a heating means, owing to the radiation of heat from the surface thereof,

but that the heat of a compartment may be increased by liberating the superheated currents within the chamber 16 with great economy in the utilization of fuel. The heater is also comparatively inexpensive in its structure and may be suitably ornamented, and the shape varied, as well as the proortions and dimensions.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A heater comprising an enlarged fire box, an enlarged dome at the top, and a contracted body connecting the fire box and dome, a partition dividing the contracted body into front and rear chambers, the rear chamber being open to the fire box at the bottom and at the top to the front chamber through the dome, and the partition being bent forward at the bottom cutting off the front chamber from the fire box and curved forwardand downward at the top, in the dome, a damper controlled opening in the rear wall of the rear chamber, and a damper controlled opening at the lower end of the forward chamber.

2. A heater comprising a body provided with an enlarged fire box and an enlarged upper dome, a partition having its lower end connected to the front of the body and partly overhanging the fire box, said partition extending centrally of the upper portion of the body and terminating within the dome in a forwardly projecting pendent rounded free end, said partition dividing the heater into front and rear chambers, said rear chamber having a damper controlled outlet, and the front chamber having a damper controlled inlet.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ALBERT l VISE.

BLANOHE SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. 0. 

